New purchases and the White Dwarf 30th Anniversary miniature

Another little update.

I have been up late tonight getting through my backlog of miniature assembly (probably procrastinating from painting again...)

Anyway I think I have assembled everything I have so far except the tyranid, which I am going to have to convert using the plastic hive tyrant legs pictured below.  The seller sent a metal OOP set instead but once I brought it to their attention they sent out the correct legs free of charge, so now I have both!

Some other purchases have arrived... namely a couple of snazzy new plastic palettes, a rather nice finecast dwarf standard bearer (look at how crisp that finecast is and a set of five corks.

I plan to either use the corks to mount miniatures on when priming/painting or to break up for scenery or maybe dig chunks out once a completed mini is attached for a rocky base... or to give a cutaway effect...

... all eBay specials!

When it comes to some actual work... I have already mentioned putting together a lot of stuff.  I completed both Kingdom Death miniatures and they are pictured below.  Also put the giant on his base and completed the 30th anniversary model.  I now remember why I bought it, so damn cool!!

Some new purchases

Went a bit eBay happy recently... not had any time for painting so I thought I'd fire this up.

Picked up the Dwarfs of Legend set for 30 quid which I thought was an OK deal. Eight nice miniatures and a wee wooden base for them!

It's quite a rare set as well by all accounts as I think it was top prize for redeeming "skullz" points around the millennium.

Also got myself some of these funky neodymium magnets to see what the fuss is all about.  I got a set of 50 tiny ones (pictured) they are really quite strong, not sure what to use them for at the minute but I will think of something. If I was more of a gamer I could use them to swap weapon fits!

Also got a massive bag of assorted Games Workshop bases for 99p :)

Decided to go a bit crazy and get a winged hive tyrant (the forgeworld one) someone was selling it for 30 quid and I'm not sure if that is a bargain or not but I imagine so... there is some damage on the model though... he is missing a leg!  I have bought a hive tyrant leg from eBay and will try and stick it on... I dont think it will look exactly the same but will be a close match.  I also thought as a last ditch effort I could just model it as a missing leg.